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24 WINNETKA TALK August 20, 1927 --_---- North Shore Society Settles into Its Mid-August Pace Add Engagement, Wedding, Debut to Society News An engagement announcement, the name of another Winnetka girl who is to be one of this season's debutantes, and word of a wedding are new events to add to society's calendar this week. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Foster of 596 Maple avenue announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Rachel Almeda, to John Foster Manierre, son of Dr. and Mrs. John T. Manierre of 1401 Dearborn parkway, Chicago. The date for the wedding has not yet been set. Miss Foster made her debut in 1923 and was graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1925. Mr. Manierre was grad- uated from the University of Wiscon- sin and is now a student in the North- western University Law school. Because of recent illness in the family, the wedding of Miss Jane Naugle and Billings McArthur, son of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis McArthur of Chi- cago, will be small and quiet. The ceremony will be read on Thursday af- ternoon, September 15, in the chapel of St. Chrysostom's church, at 4:30 o'clock. Little Joan: McArthur, niece of Mr. McArthur, will be flower girl. Miss Naugle, with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Naugle, have been spending the sum- mer in Winnetka. They expect to re- open their apartment at 199 Lake Shore drive, Chicago, the first of September. Miss Elinor Dennehy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dennehy, is to make her bow to society at a ball at 'the Blackstone hotel given by her father and mether the evening of De- cember 26. The Dennehy family has been occupying its summer home at 1231 Tower road, Hubbard Woods, this season. EEE | To Play for Woman's Golf Championship at Wilmette The contest to decide who will be woman's golf champion at the Wil- mette Golf club opens Tuesday, Au- gust 23, with the qualifying round. Eight players are to qualify in each flight. The following day the first round of the club championship will be played, as well as the second and third flight championship. On August 25 the semi-finals for the club championship will be played off as well as for the second and third flight championships. The finals will be events of August 26. Guest day has been arranged for Tuesday, August 30. The prizes will be given for the best ball foursome. Clubs Give Dances Indian Hill Country club will have its regular every-other-week dinner- dance at the clubhouse August 27. Dinner will be served at 7:30. Cope Harvey provides the music. Skokie Country club will have a din- ner-dance tonight at the clubhouse. Dinner is to begin at 7 o'clock and dancing at 9. Cope Harvey's orchestra will furnish the music for the dance. This evening the Wilmette Golf club is giving the fourth special dinner- dance of its summer social season. Has Ravinia Tickets Two more weeks remain before the completion of the Ravinia Opera sea- son. Mrs. J. Williams Macy, chairman of the Hubbard Woods committee, an- nounces that those still wishing ad- mission books or extra tickets may o ai them by calling her at Winnetka Wed August 25 Moffett Studio Miss Margaret Helen Birk of Chi- cago is to become the bride of Fred- erick S. Rye of Wilmette Thursday evening, August 25, at the Edgewater Presbyterian church, at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Rye and his bride will be at home after September 15, at 1714 Forest ave- nue, Wilmette. Both Miss Birk and Mr. Rye are graduates of the University of Wiscon- sin. The former is a member of Alpha Phi sorority, of Mortar Board, and Phi feta Kappa. The latter is a Phi Gamma elta. North Shore Garden Club Holds Annual Flower Show A different arrangement from that of former years, in the placing of the ex- hibits entered in the annual flower show of the North Shore Garden club, will be used for the affair this year. Mrs. Charles Stonehill, chairman of the flower show, is opening her home on Sheridan road, Glencoe, for the show, which is being held this. Saturday from 2 to 7 o'clock and Sunday from 10 to 5 o'clock. The set tables and the flower arrangements will be shown in the large hall of Mrs. Stonehill's residence. Flower specimens will be in the garage, and the vegetables exhibited will be in the greenhouse. Refreshments will be served in Mrs. Stonehill's garden throughout the show, and cut flowers will be sold at any time during the hours when the show is being held. The baskets of flowers will be sold at the end of the affair. All the proceeds are to be used for the benefit of Sun- set camp. Tickets will admit the bearers not only to Mrs. Stonehill's garden and the display in her home, but also to the gardens of Milton Goodman, 1114 Sheridan road, Glencoe; Jesse Strauss, Sheridan road, Glencoe; Lawrence F. Stern, 981 Sheridan road, Glencoe; Julius Rosenwald, Roger Williams avenue, Highland Park; and Louis Kuppenheimer, Laurel avenue, Winnetka. The exhibits will be divided into nine sections; asters, zinnias, gladioli, dahlias, miscellaneous cut flowers, potted plants, vegetables, arrange- ments of flowers for effect, and ex- hibits from other garden clubs. The gardens of the L. B. Kuppen- heimer home at 1130 Laurel avenue, Winnetka, will be open to the public Saturday afternoon, August 20, during the annual flower show given by the North Shore Garden club. Glencoe Will Have Sale of Articles by Shut-Ins Mrs. A. J. Balaban will open her home at 162 Euclid avenue, Glencoe, Friday, August 26, from 10 in the morn- ing until 5 in the afternoon for a sale of articles made by shut-ins. Assist- ing the hostess will be Mrs. Leo Terierd, Mrs. Paul Ash, Mrs. Newton Weil, Mrs. Gus Roseman, Mrs. Sam Meyers, Mrs. Charles Burkhardt, Mrs. Joseph Kaplan and Mrs. A. Marshall. The society will be represented by Mrs. Eric Scudder, Mrs. James G. Condon, Mrs. Augustus J. White, Mrs. A. B. Marx, Mrs. W. H. Black of Glen- coe, and Mrs. Charles B. Officer of Winnetka. Besides the usual linens, quilted pil- lows, hooked rugs and baby things, the stock includes many suggestions for trousseau gifts for the early autumn brides, such as exquisite handkerchiefs, handkerchief cases, party bags, travel- ing cases and other things. The bridge hostess will find something different for prizes in the attractive utility boxes containing tiny spools of thread, matches, rubber bands and paper clips. Most of the shut-ins are dependent upon the work of their hands for their livelihood. For many of them the only change of scenery they have is an oc- casional ride or trip to the park made possible through their own efforts. The sale of their articles enables them to help themselves. Former Winnetka Girl Wed The white satin and tulle wedding gown worn by her sister, the Countess Giangiullio Rucellai of Florence, Italy, was worn by Miss Lee Higginson when she became the bride of John H. P. Gould, son of Mrs. Elgin R. L. Gould of New York City Saturday afternoon, August 13. The bridal bouquet was of white orchids. Her only attendant, her sister, Countess Rucellai, was in pale vellow chiffon. She wore a large yel- low hat and carred yellow roses and larkspur. Only one hundred relatives and friends attended the church ceremony and reception, because of the ill health of the bride's mother. The Higginsons, formerly of Win- netka, are now residents of Lenox, Mass., where the wedding took place. To Marry in East St. Anne's church in Kennebunk- port, Maine, is to provide the setting for the wedding of Miss Cora Virginia Howland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Carter Howland of Chicago, and Russel Horton Stafford of Glen- coe. The marriage will take place at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Au- gust 27. Mr. Stafford is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stafford of 635 Long- wood avenue, Glencoe. The Stafford family at one time resided in Wil- mette. To Resume Meetings Following its summer vacation, Win- netka chapter, Number 942, Order of Eastern Star will resume its meetings again Monday, August 22, when a stated meeting will be held. The Native Daughters of America are giving a card and bunco party at the St. Matthews Parish House, Lin- coln street and Hartray avenue, Ev- anston, August 22, at 8:30 o'clock. Prizes will be given and refreshments served. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Lieber of 468 Ridge avenue, who are in California visiting their daughter. will return to Winnetka August 26. They have been spending a month in the West. On their way out they stopped off at the Grand Canyon. Tri Delt Alliance Arranges for Fall and Winter Season Even this early in the season the North Shore alliance of the Delta Delta Delta sorority has announced its pro- gram for the fall and winter. The plans include both the regular meetings which are held on the second Wednes- day of each month, with luncheon served at 12:30 o'clock, and the after- noon card parties given on the fourth Monday of each month. The dates of meetings and card parties and the hostesses for each have been listed as follows: Meetings September 14--Hostess, Mrs. George R. Roehm, 835 Hill road, Winnetka. October 12--Mrs. W. McKendry Gas- kill, 401 Davis street, Evanston. November 9--Mrs. A. D. Bruce, 1420 Fargo avenue, Chicago. December 28--Christmas party with Mrs. George F. Gonsalves of 919 Hill road, Winnetka, the hostess. January 11--Mrs. Delbert W. Poff, 739 Walden road, Winnetka. February 8--Mrs. Webster H. Burke, 6163 Kenmore avenue, Chicago. March 14--Mrs. Frederick I. Cope- land. 2910 Grant street, Evanston. April 11--Mrs. William P. Reed, 1075 Pelham road, Winnetka. Card Parties September 26--Mrs. J. Herbert Moon, Reba place, Evanston, the hostess. October 24--Mrs. Don C. Sutton, 830 Ridge terrace, Evanston. November 28--Mrs. Rutcher Skager- berg, 7249 Pingree street, Chicago. January 23--Mrs. William H. Bray, 815 Seward street, Evanston. February 27--Mrs. Howard E. Robin- son, 6420 Wayne avenue, Chicago. March 26--Mrs. Frederick E. McCord. 2131 Ridge avenue, Evanston. April 23--Mrs. Alfred C. Aplitz, 116 Callan avenue, Evanston. The Alliance officers are Mrs. Fred- erick E. McCord of Evanston, presi- dent; Mrs. A. D. Bruce of Chicago, first vice-president; Mrs. Percy N. Newitt of Winnetka, second vice-presi- dent; Mrs. Howard E. Robinson of Chicago, recording and corresponding secretary; Mrs. Frederick I.. Copeland of Evanston, treasurer. Dance Season at Yacht Club Draws to a Close _ Last evening was the occasion of one of the Friday dances at the Sheri- dan Shore Yacht club, of which there will be only two more, on Friday, Au- gust 26, and one Friday, September 2. Bert Rummelt and his Yacht Club or- chestra have been playing for the danc- ing which has been a popular means of entertaining members and guests at the club throughout the summer season. Members are given the privilege of bringing as many guests as they wish. Today the club has planned an open regatta, and in the afternoon bridge tables will be arranged for those women who do not participate in the sailing. Wins Tennis Laurels Miss Barbara Holden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Holden of 527 War- wick road, Kenilworth, won the Junior Girls' championship in tennis at the Skokie Country club recently. Last Sunday she played an exhibition match at the Indian Hill club with Miss Rob- inson, who was defeated at Skokie by Mrs. Chapin. J. Williams Macy of Hubbard Woods gave a half-hour program of Gilbert and Sullivan selections y eve- nine over WMAQ, the Chicago Daily News station.